I love Atlanta! I try to visit Atlanta as frequently as I can, as I am potentially trying to relocate there. Atlanta thrives in the beauty industry as it is a growing mecca in the entertainment field. This visit, in particular, I had a tunnel vision, which was to invest into a one-on-one makeup learning session in order to perfect my craft. As many of you may already know, makeup is my life. I live and breathe all things beauty, and I want to take my artistry to the next level. I arranged for my makeup lesson to be taught by MiMi Johnson, Professional Makeup Artist and Owner of the Glamatory, located in Smyrna, Georgia. Let me say, that MiMi is one of my favorite makeup artists, and after studying her work for a little over a year now, I was thrilled to meet and work beside her. Walking into the Glamatory was like my dream that I always envisioned. The place was beautiful, glamorous, and I was instantly inspired. Our session was amazing! I loved her teaching, and I learned from common mistakes I was making while applying certain makeup and took her advice full throttle. I even found the perfect foundation (as you know I have been struggling to find the right foundation). As a person who practices makeup, I want to be the best, and I love to learn. My artistry is self-taught as many makeup artists are, and there is nothing wrong with the continuum of learning, strengthening your craft, and take your business and brand to the next level. I appreciate MiMi for taking the time out of her schedule to teach me some new techniques. I take my craft very serious, and I am going to continue to work hard at building my clientele, and work with established makeup artists to keep learning and striving to be the best.

My advice to up and coming makeup artists, learn as much as you can. Network! Practice, practice, and practice. Put in the work. Know that this journey will not be easy, but the payoff is totally worth all of your hard work and dedication. Become relevant because, in order to be relevant, you must be relevant. Set goals, accomplish them, and have a solid plan. Stay faithful and prayerful. Don’t do it because it is a running trend, do whatever you are passionate about. If you pray for God to show you your purpose in life, He will continuously open doors for you. That is exactly what He is doing for me. Be aspired to be inspired. If you have any questions, please feel free to drop a note or comment below. Stay blessed!

Happy October! It's a new month, and we are just under 100 days remaining of 2018. I remember at the beginning of this year, I read through my list of goals I wanted to achieve for 2018 and I can honestly tell you that rebranding was not one of them. However, I did indicate through prayer for an increase in my business and craft.

I was excited to be an attendee of the Makeup Mogul Masterclass taught by makeup artist extraordinaire, Tiyana Robinson. Before we dig in, let me give you a background on how I ended up in her masterclass.

First of all, let me elaborate on how POWERFUL social media is! Thanks to one of my friends, I reached out to a correspondent who posted on Twitter that she was looking for a makeup artist for a short film.

I know, I have been MIA for some time now, but a lot has happened in my personal life. I had plans on writing some blog posts regarding spending my first birthday as an Atlanta resident, my one year anniversary as a resident of Atlanta and other random posts including some podcast recordings. However, some events happened in my life to where I decided to take a mental break.

There is nothing like a good ole blogger challenge! My blogger boo Courtney from Passionate Woman CS created a fun challenge in her latest post, 25 & Winging It. She created this challenge for bloggers to share some fun facts, confessions and life lessons about us. So when my girl and blogger boo Michaela from A Dash of Michaela, shared her post, 23 & Winging It, she then tagged me to join the challenge as well and I am ready for the task.

Summer 2018 is just around the corner, and of course, we are ready, or not. When the sun is out, we are out, and we cannot afford to have our makeup looking like you came through drippin, literally. One thing I hate to see is a queen out and about with her makeup running down her face.

It's been a while since I've done any Get Jay's Look posts and it feels good to bring them back. Kicking off my 2018 makeup looks, it was only right to recreate Beyonce's makeup from her performance at Coachella.

I have always been a fan of Drake's music, especially when he released More Life last year. To this day I still play that album from start to finish. Earlier this year, he released God's Plan, and it caught my attention, at least I thought it did until he dropped, Nice for What this past Friday night. Let me tell you, the MOMENT I HEARD THIS SONG, I instantly fell in love.

Hey loves! Happy first day of March! Spring is upon us, and after a ROUGH month of February, I would like to begin the month with a blog post feature. For this post, I want to feature a fellow blogger, named T Mac and her review of an event she attended in Baltimore, Maryland called Wine & Pasta: Fade II Black sponsored by Wine & Pasta Events, LLC. As much as she anticipated attending the event and supported a black-owned business, unfortunately, T Mac's experience was not a great one.